I've been wet tumbling lots of brass passed week using the hot Cali sun to dry them.
I opened a 50 cal can of brass I cleaned 3-4 days ago and the top layer seemed dull. I further checked and the insides and inside lid had condensation on them.
Any ideas why?
These brass was bone dry when I put them in the ammo can and brought the can in side the house. It is in direct line of sun and maybe got hot and cooled down?
So I then checked a 5gal plastic bucket that's 3/4 full of 9mm I cleaned. The lid is not on tight, just resting. I lift the lid and the notice the side of the bucket and lid also have condensation.
I'm gonna dump out the 50 call can leave them in the sun all day.
The 5 gal, I'm gonna leave the lid off and put in the sun, let the bucket and brass heat up and maybe evaporate.
Not sure what would have caused the condensation.
I did use dawn, lemi shine, and a tiny bit of KrudCutter (just to see any difference). I didn't use the krudutter in every batch so it would be hard to tell if that caused anything.